Yiddish New York
Thursday,
December 22 - December 29
The Museum of Jewish Heritage is excited to host and
co-present the 8th Annual Yiddish New York Festival - the nation's
largest festival of Yiddish music, language and culture. December
24-29 - join us ONLINE and IN-PERSON for an amazing array
of klezmer concerts, lectures, films, language classes, singing,
klezmer workshops, Yiddish folk dance, cabaret, Yiddish karaoke
and more! Wonderful and very affordable programs for adults,
kids and teens. Use Promo Code YNY10 for a 10% discount on
Full-Festival Registrations.
Additionally... come
to the Museum's Safra Hall at 7:00PM, Thursday December 22, for a
pre-festival screening of Eleanor Antin's 1992 silent film A Man
Without a World, about a unique group of Polish villagers—Jews,
Cossacks, vagabonds—in the 1920s in a tale of romance, love,
marriage, social struggles and death. The screening will feature a
live performance of a new film score by internationally renowned
klezmer violinist Alicia Svigals and celebrated pianist Donald
Sosin. A Q&A will be held at the Museum with the musicians at the
conclusion of the film.
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